Place:


Siddington  Cheshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Siddington like this:

SIDDINGTON, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 3½ miles SE of Chelford r. station, and 5 SW of Macclesfield. It has a post-office under Congleton. Acres, 2,141. Real property, £4,014. Pop., 433. Houses, 79. The manor belongs to A. H. Davenport, Esq. Thornycroft Hall is the seat of the Rev. J. Thornycroft. Reedsmere is a lake, with a floating island. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £106. Patron. A. H. Davenport, Esq. The church was restored in 1850. There is a slightly endowed national school.

Siddington through time

Siddington is now part of Macclesfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Siddington itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Siddington, in Macclesfield and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2982

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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